The library of University of Medicine 2,Yangon was established in 1963 at Mingalardon. When the campus was moved to current location at Northokkalapa Township, in 1996, the library was setup on 4th floor of the learning and research building. Internet access at library has been available for the library users since 2000. The E library Management System was establish in 2014.There are two sources of internet access ADSL and fiber optic lines. Wi-Fi is available starting from March 2020.
The number of reference books available are 355171 in hard copies and 1981in soft copies .The library is electronically linked to the other Medical and allied Universities through Union Catalogue of Myanmar Health Science Libraries website. The postgraduate thesis of medical universities can be accessed via this website .The staff of UM2 Library provide assistance and training for students in literature search using the Databases such as Hinari, Pubmed, Highwire and iGroup Databases.